Next steps

- [Instructor] Well, I'd say by now, you should have a…solid grasp of the basics of Sublime Text.…If you want to continue your journey…into this powerful piece of software,…hit the Help menu and go to documentation.…Unfortunately, one of the downsides…of Sublime Text is that the…official documentation is a little light on.…In fact, there are plenty of features…that have no official documentation…on the Sublime Text website.…Fortunately, the Sublime Text Unofficial Documentation…is linked from this site,…and there, you can find…excellent documentation prepared by the community,…covering just about every aspect of this editor.…

Also, from the official documentation site,…you can go to the API Reference,…and if you're a developer with…ideas for how to contribute to this editor,…perhaps by submitting a package of your own…to package control,…this is your starting point…for learning to program Sublime Text.…It uses Python internally,…so, if you have experience with that language,…you've got a great head start,…and, if not, Python is relatively easy to learn.…

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12/7/2016

Sublime Text 3 is an innovative text and code editor for OS X and Windows with a thriving ecosystem of add-on packages. But some of its best features are difficult to discover.

Instructor Kevin Yank takes students through the basic, not-so-basic, and downright hidden features of the editor, demonstrating how to use each tool and command to become more productive. Find out how to find and replace sections of code, bookmark your position, leverage helpful shortcuts, edit multiple lines of code simultaneously, and automate some of your work with autocompletion, snippets, and macros. Plus, learn how to tweak the appearance and configuration to make Sublime Text work best for you.

Topics include:

Juggling multiple files

Managing files and settings across multiple projects

Finding and replacing text

Customizing the look and feel

Using multiple selections to edit multiple lines and large amounts of text